As part of NCDC’s 20th birthday celebrations this year, we decided to make a Trowie Trail, with 20 trows dotted around Northmavine, starting at Mavis Grind and finishing at Fethaland and various places in between!
We asked local Ollaberry artist Kit Mowat to draw us some trows which we think look great! There are musical trows with a guitar and a fiddle, a trow with a bouquet of flowers, a trow with a fish and a happy go lucky trow.
Charlotte got started drawing the templates of the trows on to plywood, then cut them out with the jigsaw, though her Fitbit reckoned it was an outdoor bike ride!
Karlyn then started sanding the edges and painting the boards white. Once the boards were all dry, we set up the projector and drew the outline of each trow.
NCDC asked the 3 local schools to paint them up, and wouldn’t you agree that they look pretty good!
Now for the fun part of getting them out in the wild for everybody to find… The trow’s names are peerie clues on where to find them in Northmavine.
You’ll notice the trow at Mavis Grind has an Islesburgh beanie! We thought it was only right that this trow should feature the Shetland Wool Week hat designed by Anne Doull. Anne along with her family are this year’s patrons for Wool Week. You can find out more about Shetland Wool Week here where you’ll also find the pattern for the Islesburgh Beanie.
It is essential that anyone out walking especially on farming/grazing land that they adhere to the Scottish Outdoor Access Code
- Keep dogs on leads
- Leave gates as you found them
- Do not disturb wildlife or historic places
- Respect the needs of other people enjoying or working in the outdoors and follow any reasonable advice from land managers.
- Take any rubbish home with you
We hope you enjoy looking for them, as well as visiting new and old places.
Here’s a link to a check list on where to find the trows: Northmavine Trowie Trail (google.com)
If you are enjoying the sights of Northmavine why not check out our audio app to tell you more information about the area. Audio Tour – Northmavine Community Development Company
But most importantly, have fun!
Why not take a selfie with them and use the hashtag #ncdctrowietrail
